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iPods - a retrospective of single purpose devices

All major design revisions of the full sized iPod - minus the 2nd gen I once heard someone say they missed the late 90s and early 2000s because we had technology which impacted our lives just enough to improve them, without controlling them. That idea is very much part of this article and my thoughts. I use an iPod in 2021, and more people than you may think do the same; in fact the use and modification of these obsolete devices is a growing hobby. When I joined the iPod discord in late 2019, there were around 2000 members, same goes for the subreddit, now there are close to 12 and 15 thousand members respectively.  We've all read the lists: "Why I use an iPod in 2021", they all bring up the same points surrounding the storage and battery life. However, one point which gets made and which I think is more interesting is how they like that no one can interrupt their music; there are no notifications and there are no calls - the iPod is a single purpose device. That's th...